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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying the lodging excise tax to remove the exemption for premises with fewer than sixty lodging units and to tax certain vacation rentals, short-term home-sharing arrangements, and other compensated use or occupancy of dwellings."
+description: "Modifying the lodging excise tax to remove the exemption for premises with fewer than sixty lodging units and to tax certain vacation rentals, short-term home-sharing arrangements, and other compensated use or occupancy of dwellings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2015"
+citation: "Washington HB 2015 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COUNTIES", "TAXES - LODGING TAX", "CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pettigrew"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-07"
+last_action: "2018-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d16a1eb6-c184-4afa-bb3a-541c8014bef4"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2015&year=2017"
+source_hash: "38c4245c326fb93c852f4bfa764a75f915e88062904f75ea609363831dbe6746"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 2015 (2017-2018) — Modifying the lodging excise tax to remove the exemption for premises with fewer than sixty lodging units and to tax certain vacation rentals, short-term home-sharing arrangements, and other compensated use or occupancy of dwellings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2015.htm)
+2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2015-S2.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2015-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage (#18) — **56–42** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **33–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pettigrew — primary (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-07** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2018-01-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
+- **2018-01-08** Referred to Finance.
+- **2018-02-05** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2018-01-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
+- **2018-01-08** Referred to Finance.
+- **2018-02-05** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-05** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-13** Held on second reading.
+- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
+- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-23** Chapter 245, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-23** Effective date 10/1/2018. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d16a1eb6-c184-4afa-bb3a-541c8014bef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+